296 - Stanley, HM Through the Dark Continent or The Sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. 2 vols. New York, Harper, 1878. XIV, 522; IX, 566, 2 pages. With 2 wood-engraved portraits, 8 (of 10; 2 folded) maps and numerous wood engravings in the text and on plates. Large octavo. Illustrated original green cloth bindings with gilt titles on the front and spines (edges bumped).

Stanley, HM Through the Dark Continent or The Sources of the Nile around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean. 2 vols. New York, Harper, 1878. XIV, 522; IX, 566, 2 pages. With 2 wood-engraved portraits, 8 (of 10; 2 folded) maps and numerous wood engravings in the text and on plates. Large octavo. Illustrated original green cloth bindings with gilt titles on the front and spines (edges bumped). Cf. Henze V, 214. - Published in the year of the London first edition. - After Livingstone's death in 1873, Stanley decided to continue the exploration of Africa, and in particular the sources of the Nile and the Central African lakes. - Without the two overview maps of Equatorial Africa. - Paper slightly browned due to age, binding somewhat loose in places, front endpapers loose in Volume 1. - Bookplate on flyleaf. - Includes: Volz, B. Stanley's Journey Through the Dark Continent. Adapted from Stanley's Reports for a Wider Audience. Leipzig, Brockhaus, 1881. XII, 367 pages. With 1 color map and numerous wood engravings in the text and on plates. Black and gold stamped.] Original cloth binding (slightly skewed from reading, outer joints torn). - First edition. - Somewhat browned, inner joints cracked. - Includes: Stanley, HM Dans les ténèbres de l'Afrique... 2 vols. Paris, 1890. With 2 multi-folded color maps and numerous wood engravings. Large octavo. Contemporary half-cloth binding. - First French edition. - Slightly foxed, one text block cracked.